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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1905
Page
4
Local notes mention new hotel railroads union depot and school building. Athens seeks major projects. Editorials skim national issues, including peace prospects and naval strength, with opinion contrasts. Coverage touches elections, lynching opinions, and regional figures, reflecting a bustling 1900s town pages tone.
The Athens Banner looks to a productive 1905 with resolutions for unity and major city projects including hotel, two railroads, a union depot, a new school house, and hospital. It urges citizen energy and absence of faction for urban improvement. The piece also discusses Springfield Ohio lynching coverage and a note on safety of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children.
Hon Harvie Jordan of Monticello will meet farmers of Oconee county in Watkinsville on Saturday January 7. Earl Ward Pearce lectured at the auditorium Thursday night. A Christmas tree delighted the children at the Methodist church Wednesday night. A Farmington youth group presented Dot the Miner’s Daughter at the auditorium last night.
D A Willett of Americus Ga wins a favorable Court of Claims decision in Washington. He will receive $200 from the government in a case tied to long standing French settlement claims. He is one of five claimants who sought millions over decades. if Congress acts, heirs may receive about a million dollars within sixty days. Willett’s cousins live in New York.
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